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Wow! I am really impressed. Just the right balance of simplicity and visual interest. All the links I like to see on a design site such as yours - testimonials are especially important. As has been said, the "Price" link is a little misleading, but . . . .
And on top of all of that, the text is well-written, professional and creates a definite sense of confidence in the abilities of your company.

If I complained about anything, it would be that the portfolio site doesn't link to the actual sites. But it looks like that is an upcoming feature that will be added soon.

I will be adding JavaScript rollovers very soon. The portfolio will also be updated in a couple of weeks (I need to contact all clients).

As for the header font, I can't seem to decide on one that would be suitable for it. I must have taken a look at the site fifty times with different fonts and can't seem to be satisfied with it. Hopefully I will fix that up by this weekend also.

Once again, thanks everyone

Maybe I will also get involved in those new "design contests" in the Trading post forums

Please take a look at graphicaxis.com again. I have added JavaScript rollovers and a few other changes. Does it look better now? Has it significantly slowed the loading time (I am always VERY concerned with that!)

Please let me know if you find any errors with the rollover graphics. Thanks, in advance.

Like others, I don't have much bad things to say about the site. Even the headers seem fine to me as well. I thought the "My Axis Production" was kind of distracting though. Perhaps it can be presented in another way.

Elledan, I've tried as hard as possible to accommodate almost all screen resolutions. I have indeed looked at it with a 1024x786 resolution, and it seems pretty good to me.

What I can't believe is that business has gone down about 40% since I put up this particular design!! If things keep on like this, I will definitely have to change the site all over again. Can anyone suggest what might be causing it? Does the site seem a little boring?

Well, overall I think the design is pretty clean, but I think the design is pretty boring.

As a web designer, you should create your best work possible for your homepage. Although this looks good, I don't think it's your best.

As I've said, everything looks good, but it needs to be spiced up. The logo needs to be changed first. All it is is text. I know the 'A' has a bevel effect, but it's nothing too spectacular. SPICE IT UP!

General:
Very clean, fast loading. Very nice work on the rollovers. So many sites don't preload the images - glad to see you did! A bit too monochromatic for my tastes. Perhaps using a broader palette for the very good looking icons you have would supply the 'spice' that was mentioned earlier.

I also found the MY AXIS PRODUCTION distracting. It took a minute for me to realize it had no function.

The 'free quote' is an excellent idea, especially with links to it from so many places! You might want to consider quoting a range of prices to give viewers a feel for what is possible. Something like '3 page site with graphics and copy provided you - $250' (or $500 or whatever) followed by some examples of the extras you can provide (logo design, etc.) with some price ranges.

SPECIFIC:

HOME - Too many words - if they are at your site they already know what a site can do for them (WHY) and they should get the WHO from looking over your site. So I'd either drop the WHY and WHO paragraphs or cut back to a single sentence.

SERVICES - You might consider using bulleted lists to convey your message using less text.

PORTFOLIO - I was very disappointed that there were no links. I expected to be able to go look at the real items. Other than that, it's a super page.

PHILOSOPHIES and
TESTIMONIALS - I wouldn't change a thing!

PRICES - I'd drop the jibe at other design firms (Most design firms today will charge you outrageously high prices for designs that are very common.) Better to sell yourself (especially with your talent) than take pot shots at the rest of the industry. Same advice for the last sentence on the ABOUT US page.

CONTACT US - I was suprised to not see a phone number...

In closing let me say that your site is very, very good. I learned a lot and picked up some great ideas going over it. I'll be re-doing my site soon (it's over 18 months old and it shows) and I'll look forward to your comments then.

Thank you Bill for all your help. I will take everything you said into consideration.

Since everyone here at SitePoint has been so helpful to me, I will give a 50% discount to anyone who would like to utilize my services Just be sure to mention that when you fill out the "free quote" form.

Good job. I was expecting more graphics to load. I know this is kind of odd, but maybe theres too little graphics on your page? Looks kind of plain w/ just the purple there. Everything else is great though.

First, I'd like to commend you on your excellent use of clean graphics and style. It's great to see such a well laid out design!

However, I think the site has a couple of problems:

1. It's too monochromatic. Practically everything that's on the site is some shade of blue or purple, and it's just too much. I'd recommend balancing the colors with some orange for the logo or buttons or something.

2. Category heading text doesn't really fit the theme of the site. The cursive just doesn't go. Try some type of sans-serif font, or maybe a well-spaced, all-caps Times.

3. Other various issues: Your portfolio needs a few more sites to it as well as direct links to the sites featured, and I'd also highly recommend getting more testimonials from clients, not visitors.

I agree with micahdc that the site is too monochromatic, it's almost totally blue/white, but it you're right when you said that it looks good in 1024x768, it's only that the right half of the screen isn't used.
Design and navigation is both smooth and clear.

Note: It took me three tries to reach the site:
1- first the connection timed out
2- then the upper two mouse-over images were deformed to two small squares